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Neovascular glaucoma in a child: an unusual presentation of medulloepithelioma
A healthy 12 month old infant without significant medical history presented with left eye redness for one week. Ophthalmic examination showed elevated intraocular pressure with iris neovascularization in the affected eye with increased optic nerve cupping. Scleral depression revealed a ciliary body...
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German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015618/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27625938 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/oc000016 |
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author | Kassa, Enoch Li, Helen Sun, Yang |
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description | A healthy 12 month old infant without significant medical history presented with left eye redness for one week. Ophthalmic examination showed elevated intraocular pressure with iris neovascularization in the affected eye with increased optic nerve cupping. Scleral depression revealed a ciliary body mass in the supratemporal quadrant. A large, non-pigmented, vascular mass was noted; biopsy results showed multilayered cords, tubules, and sheets resembling primitive medullary epithelium arising from the ciliary body. The patient was diagnosed with medulloepithelioma. The patient underwent enucleation of the affected eye. Medulloepithelioma is a rare but important cause of neovascular glaucoma in the pediatric population. This case will focus on the characteristics of medulloepthelioma and the differential diagnosis for a non-pigmented ciliary body mass in a child. |
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spelling | pubmed-50156182016-09-13 Neovascular glaucoma in a child: an unusual presentation of medulloepithelioma Kassa, Enoch Li, Helen Sun, Yang GMS Ophthalmol Cases Article A healthy 12 month old infant without significant medical history presented with left eye redness for one week. Ophthalmic examination showed elevated intraocular pressure with iris neovascularization in the affected eye with increased optic nerve cupping. Scleral depression revealed a ciliary body mass in the supratemporal quadrant. A large, non-pigmented, vascular mass was noted; biopsy results showed multilayered cords, tubules, and sheets resembling primitive medullary epithelium arising from the ciliary body. The patient was diagnosed with medulloepithelioma. The patient underwent enucleation of the affected eye. Medulloepithelioma is a rare but important cause of neovascular glaucoma in the pediatric population. This case will focus on the characteristics of medulloepthelioma and the differential diagnosis for a non-pigmented ciliary body mass in a child. German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2014-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5015618/ /pubmed/27625938 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/oc000016 Text en Copyright © 2014 Kassa et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. You are free: to Share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Article Kassa, Enoch Li, Helen Sun, Yang Neovascular glaucoma in a child: an unusual presentation of medulloepithelioma |
title | Neovascular glaucoma in a child: an unusual presentation of medulloepithelioma |
title_full | Neovascular glaucoma in a child: an unusual presentation of medulloepithelioma |
title_fullStr | Neovascular glaucoma in a child: an unusual presentation of medulloepithelioma |
title_full_unstemmed | Neovascular glaucoma in a child: an unusual presentation of medulloepithelioma |
title_short | Neovascular glaucoma in a child: an unusual presentation of medulloepithelioma |
title_sort | neovascular glaucoma in a child: an unusual presentation of medulloepithelioma |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015618/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27625938 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/oc000016 |
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